Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same

A method for making a touch panel, the method comprising:

• (a) providing at least one array of carbon nanotubes, a first substrate, and a second substrate;
• (b) pressing the at least one array of carbon nanotubes using a pressing device to form a carbon nanotube structure,
• (c) forming a first electrode plate on the first substrate and a second electrode plate on the second substrate;
• and
• (d) locating two first-electrodes on opposite sides of the first electrode plate and two second-electrodes on opposite sides of the second electrode plate, and spacing the first electrode plate a distance from the second electrode plate such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer face each other.

A display device comprising:

• a touch panel comprising:
• a first electrode plate comprising a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate;
• and
• a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate and comprising a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate;
• wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer comprises a carbon nanotube structure comprised of carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube structure being arranged isotropically, arranged along a same direction, or arranged along different directions;
• and
• a display element opposite and adjacent to the touch panel.